You take your seat at the extraordinarily long dining room table as frogfolk servants lift the lid off your dinner plate. Before you is some form of meat with an intoxicating smell, complete with various sides. You think about digging in, but you eye the suspicious Mansfield Stonemont sitting at the head of the table and think better of it.

Eleven of your companions decide to pig out and eat the food. Ten sit back defiantly with their arms crossed, too wary of foul play despite their stomachs begging them to give in.

You listen as Mansfield drones on and on about his lonely life on the island, as well as the boat he promises to ferry you off of the island with first thing in the morning.

"Please, civilization can wait! Be my guest for the evening! I think you'll find the evenings events....enlightening." he says with a wink.

You feel a soft kick against your shin. It's Akmong, who was sat right beside you. Your masked guide leans over and whispers. "He is obviously lying, right?"

"What of the giant?" you ask Mansfield. "You said you've seen no sign of him?"

"Not a thing." Mansfield begins. "Perhaps the jungle swallowed him whole. It is a dangerous place to wander through alone..."


As the night concludes, one by one you each return to your temporary chambers. Mansfield calls up the stairs towards you.

"Sleep well! For we have an eventful day ahead of us..."

You lay in your bed restlessly, gazing up at the high ceiling above you. As you hear the frogfolk guards seemingly lock up for the night, you give it just a few more minutes before quietly tip toeing towards your door and creeping out into the hallway, determined to search the manor for answers.


Randall and Khanarak headed straight for the library. They slowly opened the creaky door and lit a lantern. The library was well stocked, but the books themselves were dusty. If Mansfield didn't spend his alone time reading, the two wondered what other hobby occupied most of his time here. While Randall thumbed through a few books and discovered that they're mostly Captain's Logs from the crashed ships on shore, Khanarak discovered a couple of keys high atop a bookshelf.

Malus and Rok didn't care to investigate, they were just plain hungry. The two made their way to the kitchen as quietly as possible, Malus thankfully no longer shouting. As Rok began to ravage through some bread that was left out, Malus leaned closer to the mystery meat everyone had been eating earlier that evening. "What....is this stuff?" he asked softly. Before he could investigate further, the two heard forgfolk guards approaching and scattered, spilling some of their gold as they fled.

Cyrillus regretfully turned around while on his way to the greenhouse and instead joined Ordella, who waved him over towards the Guard's Quarters. Various frogfolk slept peacefully in their bunks, but Ordella and Cyrillus were determined to learn more about the island natives and how Mansfield convinced them to work for him. A single step into the room was enough to wake half of the light sleepers up, who each instinctively fired off a poisonous blowdart round towards the source of the sound. Ordella and Cyrillus each took a few darts to the neck before crashing down onto the floor like sacks of potatoes.

Ahron and Hustus got together to search Mansfield's fencing room. The two had spotted him in there practicing earlier in the evening and correctly deduced that it was his favorite room in the manor. If he was hiding anything, they figured it may be in there. As Hustus gently opened the double door, the two were met by...Mansfield Stonemont. The host, still wearing the fencing garb they had seen him in earlier, greeted them with delight and asked if they came for some practice sessions. A friendly wager and an ass kicking later, Ahron and Hustus were down a bit of gold as Mansfield proved himself to be quite skilled with a rapier.

Tuuluuwaq and Booberella had no interest in mingling with other parties. While Priggat rested peacefully and healed his old bones, the other two Northerner's crept down into the wine cellar. Tuuluuwaq shuddered while perusing more alcohol, but Booberella uncorked a bottle and drank from it merrily. When the two discovered a bit of gold scattered across the stone floor, they were frozen in their tracks by a growling behind them. The two slowly turned, as Mansfield's loyal Herdhound slowly moved its way towards them, foaming at the mouth. The two took a few licks in the skirmish, but managed to sprint up the stairs and lock the mutt behind them.

Greaseface climbed up the attic ladder and helped a struggling Canassa to get their hooves from rung to rung, but the to eventually made it. The attic was pitch black and the two found their darkvision failing them up there. As they searched around with their hands, they felt various objects scattered about. It didn't take long for them to realize the room was filled with many personal belongings from various people. Backpacks, clothes, swords, potions, robes, bows, you name it. It seemed as if Mansfield had freed many visitors of their things. While bumbling around in the dark, Greaseface and Canassa collided, sending their own possessions spilling onto the floor. The two reached down and collected what they thought was theirs, unknowingly mixing them up. Luckily for them both, they each only had one key!

Faerora and Pastor Sandor, still honoring their shaky alliance from a week prior, pushed Cyrillus out of the way and headed for the greenhouse. The large room was attached to the side of the manor, walls and ceiling made entirely from glass. The greenhouse was filled with plants of every species, but it took no time at all for the two to deduce that all plant life that Mansfield kept were extremely poisonous. Before the two booked it out of there, not wanting to get grabbed by some corpse flower again, they managed to spot a few coin purses that it looked like no one would miss.

Lavina and Vandal, of course, went together. The two crept through the foyer and out the main door, hoping to look around the grounds of the manor a bit more. The grounds were well kept, and a garden maze in the back of the manor looked too fun to resist. The two love birds placed a friendly wager, five gold to whoever escaped the maze first. While Lavina could've easily cheated by simply flying upwards, they resisted the urge out of loyalty to Vandal. Vandal, meanwhile, placed his nose to the ground and handily managed to smell his way through the maze and straight out the exit. Lavina finally joined some time later and paid up in full.

Another unlikely alliance, the lovable Marnu and the psychotic Murder Bunny, headed straight for Mansfield's chambers directly. Knowing he was elsewhere in the manor, the two picked the lock to his room and spilled into it, searching every nook as quickly as they could. Marnu placed his stick fingers on the lid of a chest at the foot of the bed and flung it open. He riffled through the belongings, finding a note and some clothing. He shoved the note into his satchel and held the clothing up for Murder Bunny the best he could. The clothing appeared to belong to....a giant. In fact, the to recognized the exact robes from just days ago. Murder Bunny's eyes filled with rage. "I knew it." he snarled.

But it was Rara and Calius who had the most interesting night. "Ra!" Rara exclaimed as Calius suggested they search the study. Each placed a hand on the double door handles and thrust them open. Inside was a horror show. Besides the hunting equipment strewn about the room, the walls were covered floor to ceiling in mounted heads. A sick collection of humans, dwarves, elves, tieflings, dragonborn, gnomes, orcs, halfings, firbolgs, frogfolk, kenku, bearfolk, and even a giggle dog and a bunny. But it was one mounted head in particular that caught their attention. The head of a giant, proudly mounted in the middle of the room above the fireplace. The giant's expression was that of frozen terror. Rara and Calius gazed at the sick prize, immediately recognizing the severed, taxidermied head as the thief they had chased here.

"Ruh Roh". Rara said as she backed up, bumping into a figure standing behind her.

"Ruh Roh indeed." said a sinister Mansfield Stonemont, flanked with guards.




Main Quest #1: Feast

A. Yes
B. No

ADD FIVE GOLD IF YOU CHOSE IN THE MAJORITY
ADD ONE INSPIRATION IF YOU CHOSE IN THE MINORITY



Main Quest #2: Stonemont Manor

After dinner you retreat to the room that has been provided to you. When the sun goes down and everyone sleeps, you sneak away to snoop around the mansion. Where do you look? Choose individually. Each choice can be picked by two different people from any party, except for A which can only be picked by one person.

A. Don't snoop around. Remain in bed.
FULL HP
B. The Library
FIND ONE KEY
C. The Kitchen
LOSE FIVE GOLD BUT HEAL ONE DAMAGE
D. The Guard's Quarters
POISONED
E. The Study
ADD TWO INSPIRATION
F. The Fencing Room
LOSE TEN GOLD
G. The Wine Cellar
TAKE ONE DAMAGE BUT FIND FIVE GOLD
H. The Attic
SWITCH ALL ITEMS WITH YOUR PARTNER
I. The Greenhouse
FIND TEN GOLD
J. The Mansion's Grounds
FIND FIVE GOLD IF YOU CHOSE THIS FIRST. LOSE FIVE GOLD IF YOU CHOSE THIS SECOND.
K. Mansfield Stonemont's Chambers
FIND FIFTEEN PARTY GOLD



Bonus Quest #1: Expertise

IF YOU CHOSE A UNIQUE SKILL, ADD FIVE GOLD.

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